Product Engineer

Job Overview

TE Connectivity’s Product Engineering Teams optimize existing products from information or input provided by marketing, customers, Operation Teams, Development Engineers or other employees. They maintain existing products, processes, and specifications including modifications for new applications consistent with manufacturing techniques and economies. They also initiate and implement programs to continuously improve quality, and cost, while meeting customer requirements and may support and implement product extensions to existing platform products to meet specific customer requirements. They are the key experts in the products they are responsible for at TE.

Your main tasks

VA (Value Analysis ) focused:
•    Responsible for assigned VA projects execution & ability to promote new VA opportunities.
•    Responsible for VA projects co-ordination & ability to promote new VA opportunities.
•    Manage TEBIT (TE Business Improvement Tracker – Savings) 
•    Ability, experience, and interest in process improvements
•    Partner with Procurement & Finance to account for predicted savings and track, validate, and post financial/operational results.

Product Engineering focused:
•    Define test procedures based on requirements and/or customers or international/external specifications, assess results and provide conclusions.
•    Define dimensions, tolerances & special characteristics based on customer requirements, intended application, best practices and experience.
•    Design, test and implement creative & cost-effective packaging schemes for new and existing products.
•    Seek out, identify, evaluate, and implement material, labor, efficiency, transportation & storage cost savings opportunities within ICT.
•    Work with the packaging suppliers to request quotations & order packaging components samples.
•    Work closely with Manufacturing, Materials, other engineering disciplines, Distribution Center, Component Warehouse, Product Managers and Procurement team members to establish packaging strategy or troubleshoot packaging problems both internally & externally.
•    Ensure the packaging sustainability, environmental & regulatory policies are adhered to.
•    Ensure product manufacturability.
•    Responsible for fit, form and function of assigned products.
•    Create & modify drawings/models.
•    Create Engineering BOMs and release them using PLM system Windchill.
•    Define and keep product performance documents, write, and maintain product specifications.
•    Keep product engineering documentation up to date.
•    Assess deviations and provide dispositions (production, quality, suppliers, etc.)
•    Support Quality with 8D reports (3D to 5D being primary engineering)
•    Define failure modes, root causes and corrective actions.
•    Ensure that product performance is preserved throughout product life cycle.
•    Interact in different levels (guiding, supporting, preparing presentations and information, following meetings, etc.) with manufacturing, quality, procurement as well as with customers and suppliers.
•    Support manufacturing extension projects and relocation of tools globally
•    Work with core team leaders (Project Managers) to provide timely & accurate information for the assigned project tasks.
•    Ensure assigned project deliverables for gates are completed as per project plan.
•    Follow the LEANPD guidelines for product extension developments and improvements.
•    Support quality department with PPAP documentation
•    Review and provide engineering decision on supplier’s PPAP/Change request to Supplier Quality team.
•    Responsible for customer notifications (PCN – from the decision to release).
•    Coordination and execution of engineering samples, testing & validation.
•    Any other as assigned by department manager.

Your ideal background

Engineering degree in mechanical / plastics engineering technologies.

Experience :
o    Minimum 3 to 5 years of experience with high volume manufacturing environment (plastic components, stamping terminals and connector assemblies)
o    Minimum 1 to 3 years of experience working knowledge of CAD software (Creo/Solidworks or similar)  

Desired skills:

•    Knowledge about connector technology
•    Ability to interpret drawing and Geometric tolerances ISO GPS
•    Fluent English and Ability to lead meetings with multiple locations spread globally
•    Proactive and able to communicate at every level within organization
•    A wide degree of creativity and ability to work independently
•    Hands on approach for solving issues on production floor
•    Ability to deal with multiple priorities simultaneously, multi-tasking and establish priorities based on workload requirements and internal/external customer expectations
•    Strong organizational and problem-solving skills, attention to detail
•    Self-starter and enthusiastic attitude.

Competencies